India - Land, Livestock Holdings Survey: NSS 59th Round, Schedule 18.1_v1, January - December 2003 - Visit 1

All the entries in this block will relate to the other livestock/poultry owned by the household on the date of survey irrespective of whether their possession rests with the household or not. All the livestock in the block will be counted irrespective of their age i.e., they may be young or adult. The number of different varieties of poultry and livestock, other than cattle and buffaloes, owned by the household on the date of survey will be collected in this block. However, pet animals will be excluded from the coverage of this block. The number of different varieties of large heads of livestock, other than cattle and buffaloes, will be recorded in columns (1) to (7). Besides yaks and mithuns, four different species of pack animals, viz. horses & ponies, mules, donkeys and camels, along with elephants are covered under 'other large heads'. Number of sheep, goats, pigs and rabbits owned by the household on the date of survey will be recorded in columns (8), (9), (10) and (11), respectively.